Research Associate, Department of
Architecture, University of New Mexico.

1978 -
1979

Research Assistant, Behavioral
Research Division, University of New Mexico.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1996 -
Present

Associate Professor,
Director of Information Technology & Chief Technology Officer, School of
Architecture, University of Virginia. Direct the
development of the curriculum and facilities for computer
technology. Primary responsibility for advancing the use
of computer technology for the School and its four
Departments. Emphasis in research and teaching is on
computer aided design, animation, visualization, design
theory and methods. Direct technical support staff.
Oversee the discussion of new pedagogical direction for
computing in the School, with potential development of an
advanced certificate program.

1993 -
1996

Assistant Professor,
Director of Computer Technologies, School of
Architecture, University of Virginia. Direct the
development of the curriculum and facilities for computer
technology. Emphasis in research and teaching is on
computer aided design, animation, visualization, design
theory and methods. Direct technical support staff.
Established three new/refurbished computer graphics
laboratories, and the extension of computer technology
resources into studio and other teaching spaces.

1986 -
1993

Lecturer, Department
of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Emphasis on design theory and methods assisted by
computers and multi-media. Subjects taught and research
in computer aided architectural design, design theory and
computers, expert systems, and design simulation through
animation and moviemaking.

1987 -
1993

Teaching Fellow,
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Taught
within design studio with an emphasis on computer aided
design, and subjects in geometrical modeling, computer
graphics programming. Taught and developed subject in
simulation with computer animation/moviemaking offered in
conjunction with a design studio.

Research Associate,
University of New Mexico, Department of Architecture,
Albuquerque, NM. Directed documentary on urban design,
supported by grants from the National Endowment for the
Arts, The Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture, the University Graduate Student Council.

1978 -
1980

Graphics
Illustrator/Designer, School Zone Inc., Albuquerque, NM.
Illustration and architectural programming of children's
educational environments, with particular emphasis on
Native American Schools in Alaska and New Mexico.

1978 -
1979

Research Assistant,
University of New Mexico, Behavioral Research Division,
Albuquerque, NM. Behavioral Design Research, Energy
Research, Passive Solar Research, Cognitive - Spatial
Skills Research and Training. Research supported under
grants from U.S. Department of Energy, The U.S. Social
Security Administration, and the U.S. Women's Education
Equity Act.

GRANTS/AWARDS FOR RESEARCH
AND TEACHING

Bentley Systems 2009 Educator of the Year.

Virtual Jamestown Project (in collaboration with the Jamestown
Rediscovery Center, the Virginia Center for Digital History at UVA, and
Virginia Tech.), a digital reconstruction of buildings witin the fort and
the statehouse
at Jamestown, now on permanent exhibition at Jamestown, June 2003 - June 2006.

Encountering the West: The Changing Vision
of Lewis, Clark, and Jefferson, In collaboration
with
the
Geostat
Center,
the
Virginia
Center
for Digital History and the Monticello Research Foundation (With Mike Furlough,
and Douglas Seefelt ). June 2002 - December 2005.

Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire. A study
of the vaulting geometry and methods of laser scanning, using advanced modeling
techniques and in partnership with
two technology companies, with support from English Heritage, 2001 - 2003.

National Building Museum, Washington D.C., On the Job:
Design and the American Office, Computer-based and physical
simulations, IT displays and interactive exhibits, Chrysanthe Broikus Curator, November 2000 - June 2001.

Thomas Jefferson Visiting Fellow, Downing College,
University of Cambridge. Awarded Virginia Fellowship to
Downing College, University of Cambridge, and provided with a
Visiting Research Associate Position at the Martin Graduate
Research Centre, Department of Architecture, to complete work on
a textbook on computer based geometrical modeling, January - June
1998.

Dean's Forum 1996 Grant, Hannover
Pavilion: The prototype development of a virtual pavilion on
the internet that would be linked on the basis of sustainability
issues with the Hannover Worlds Fair, June - July 1996.

The quantitative basis and invisible
structure of architectural form..University of
Virginia. Awarded funding to develop a course curriculum model
which explores geometrical patterns in architecture and nature
with the aid of computer graphics programming, April 1996.

University of Virginia, Development Office
Grant, Digital Reconstruction of the Lawn. A historical
reconstruction and animation of Jeffersons designs for the
historic buildings on the lawn at the University of Virginia,
June 1995 - Present.

Dean's Forum 1995 Grant, Urban Poverty
and Sustainable Architecture: A study on the sustainability
of favelas within Brazil merging the analysis words of
architectural CAD and planning GIS (collaboratively with Ayse
Pamuk), March 1995 - Present.

Higher Education Equipment Trust Fund,
State of Virginia, University of Virginia, Grant of $130,000.00
to enhance and upgrade computer facilities and faculty computers
at the School of Architecture, June 1995 (collaboratively with
Assistant Dean John Alexander, Dean William McDonough, Associate
Dean Daphne Spain and the Computer Committee, awarded by the
Associate Provost for Management).

IBM Shared University Research Program,
"Improving Design Methods in Architecture, Art and
Engineering Through Share Interdisciplinary Models Of The
Physical Environment", University of Virginia, Award of IBM
RS6000 41T, and shared access to SP2 Supercomputer, August 1994 -
Present.

Academic Computing Support Program,
"Prototype Workstation for a Graduate Computer
Laboratory", University of Virginia. Awarded an SGI INDY for
developing the virtual design studio concept in collaboration
with MIT, January 1994.

Higher Education Equipment Trust Fund,
State of Virginia, University of Virginia, Grant of $144,000.00
to enhance and upgrade computer facilities at the School of
Architecture, June 1994 (collaboratively with Acting Dean Daphne
Spain and the Computer Committee).

Wavefront Technology Inc.,
"Visualization Research in Architecture and Urban
Planning", co-wrote grant at M.I.T. with Dean William
Mitchell to include the school in Wavefront's Academic Advisory
Council and receive their animation systems. Awarded December
1992.

IBM and M.I.T. Project Athena,
"Integrated Visualization Systems in Urban Planning, Design
and Architecture", 1991 - Present. Grant of IBM RS6000
workstations and personal computers to develop interdisciplinary
applications and curriculum in architecture and planning.
Co-author of grant. Current case study research based on the
evolution of Harvard Square.

M.I.T. Project Athena Research Grant,
"Knowledge Based Design Systems", 1988 -1989. Research
on design theory and methods as assisted by the exploration of
knowledge representation techniques. The knowledge representation
techniques include rule based expert systems and frames linked
with CAD and videodisc display technology. Co-Principal
Investigator.

M.I.T. Project Athena Research Grant,
"The Electronic Design Studio", 1987 -1988. The
development of a multi-media setting, including CAD, videodisc
display technology and knowledge based systems for speculating on
various design methods. Co-Principal Investigator.

M.I.T. Council for the Arts and
Computervision Corp., "The Sagrada Familia Videodisc
Project", 1984 - 1985. A computer graphics and videodisc
display system designed to facilitate an exploration of the
architecture of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Temple, Barcelona, Spain.

University of New Mexico/U.S. Department of
Energy, "Passive Solar Energy Workshop", 9. 1980.
Designed and constructed with workshop participants a passive
solar energy greenhouse for a public school.

National Endowment for the Arts with the
American Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University Graduate
Student Council, "Streets", 1979. Directed a movie
about urban design in New Mexico, aired on television in New
Mexico, used within subjects in the Department of Architecture,
and presented at symposia on environmental education.

Computervision Authorship Award,
"Interactive Videodisc", 1985.

Computervision Authorship Award, "The
Gaudi Project", 1985 .

Grants of Software and Hardware for
Teaching and Research at the University of Virginia and MIT:

NCARB Meeting, Computerization of
Architectural Licensing Exam, Washington D.C., Discussion of
design theory research topics and their potential benefit to the
development of the 1995 computerization of the architectural
licensing exam. Washington D.C., 10. 90.

Applying D'Arcy Thompson's Method
To Computer Based Architectural Description, ACSA East Central Regional
Conference On Growth and Form The Engineering of Natue. School of Architecture,
University of Waterloo, 10. 2001

National Building Museum, Washington D.C., On the Job:
Design and the American Office, computer-based and physical simulations,
IT displays and web site for exhibition, November 2000 - August 2001

A Prospectus on Computers Throughout the Design Curriculum, Promise and Reality: State of the Art versus State of Practice in Computing for the Design and Planning Process [18th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-6-5] Weimar (Germany) 22-24 June 2000, pp. 77-83.

Convergence of Real-Time Computer
Animation Techniques in Architecture, Keynote address,
Proceedings of the 1st Symposium Multimedia for Architecture and
Urban Design, School of Architecture and Urbanism, Cidade
University, San Paolo, Brazil, 4.1994.

Abstraction, Realism and Architectural
Animation, Proceedings of Symposium on "Electronic Media
in Architecture", Published by Technische Unversitt
Graz (Graz University of Technology), Austria, 12.1993.

New Media in Art and Architecture,
Proceedings of the Symposium Arkitekturdagar (Architecture Days),
9. 1989. Published by Uppsala University, Tryckeri AW Grafiska,
Uppsala, Sweden. (translation into Swedish based on presentation)
9.1990

Borkin, Mark et. al. Future Research
Directions, Report from The 1987 Workshop on Advanced
Technology for Building Design and Engineering (at Woods Hole),
National Academy of Sciences, Building Research Board, 8.1987

Day, Lee, Mark and Spoonamore. Proposal
for a Demonstration by Communication, Report from The 1985
Workshop on Advanced Technology for Building Design and
Engineering (at Woods Hole), Washington D. C.: National Academy
Press, 1986.

The Sagrada Familia Videodisc.
Funded by M.I.T. Council for the Arts and Computervision
Corporation. A randomly interactive videodisc supported by a
relational database and computer graphics interface that
facilitates studying the design and construction of Gaudi's
Sagrada Familia temple. M.I.T., Media Lab, 6. 1985.

Streets, A Documentary Movie about
Urban Design in New Mexico, funded by the National Endowment for
the Arts and the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture,
University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning, 6.
1980 .

The University of New Mexico Project,
Eyes That See, Washington D.C.: American Collegiate Schools of
Architecture, article based on my report. 1980.

If A Rat Can Run A Maze Why Can't You,
A Bicycle Built for You, A Brief History of
Transportation, and Mass Transportation, chapters in
textbook by Blackwell et. al., Energy Horizons, University
of New Mexico, 1979.

"Frank Lloyd Wright's
Larkin Building Model and other Projects", Henry H. Wiss Center for Theory
and History of Art and Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Studies,
Presentation, Virginia Tech., December 2001.

"A Digital Reconstruction of the Larkin Building",
Featured Speaker, National Building Museum, Spring Public Lecture Series, April
2001.

"The New Descriptive Geometry",
Featured Speaker, Baltimore AIA, Technology in Practice Seminar, Baltimore,
February 2001.

Computer Animation and Historical
Reconstruction. Imara: The French National Symposium on
Computer Graphics and Architecture. Monte Carlo, 2.1994

Architecture in Motion -Computer
Animation in Architecture. School of Architecture and
Planning, University of New Mexico, Monday Lecture Series.
Albuquerque, 11.1993

Beat that Column to Death. Summit on
Architecture and Children: Learning Through the Natural, Built
and Cultural Environment. School of Architecture and
Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 6.1993.

The Artifice of Motion Picture Images
and Architecture. University of Arkansas. School of
Architecture and Planning, Guest Lecture Series. Little Rock,
11.1991.

A Frame Based System for Computer Aided
Architectural Design. Presentation of research to Computer
Aided Architectural Design Research Symposium", Chicago,
Illinois, 6.1988.

The Sagrada Familia Project.
Presentation to a conference on What the Architect Gaudi Might
Have Done With A Computer, Swedish National Board of Universities
and Colleges, Barcelona, Spain, 5.1985. (I have been asked to
make an exhibit of this work at the Gaudi Museum in September
1992).

Interactive Videodisc in Design
Information. Presentation to National Education Association
conference on Environmental Education, New York City, 6.1985.

A Spatial Skills Training Package.
Women's Educational Equity Act Conference, Washington D.C.,
6.1980. (Presented the work of this project on which I was a
contributing staff member as a research assistant. The project
was led by Dr. Peggy Blackwell.)

Streets. Presentation of a movie to
the National Education Association conference on Environmental
Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 8.1980.

Chair, Session on Computers,
Architecture and Children. Conducted 3 day workshop on
teaching children about architecture by means of computer aided
design tools, Architecture and Children Workshop, University of
New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning, 6. 1989.

The Electronic Design Studio, NBS
Data: Information Technology in the Building Process: Development
Trends in the USA. I Hosted a visit of the Nordic Building
Systems Data Group (NBS Data) from Scandinavia on my research at
M.I.T., Reported in Christiansson, Per, NBS USA-Tour 1988,
Publication of Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden, 5. 1989.

Movies and Architectural Space, MIT.
January 1988 (Co-host).

A Passive Solar Greenhouse, Workshop
within a Conference on Energy Use, Conducted 3 day workshop on
designing and building a passive solar energy structure, funded
by the University of New Mexico/U.S. Department of Energy ,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 5. 1980.